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CVE-2017-1000458

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Bro before Bro v2.5.2 is vulnerable to an out of bounds write in the ContentLine analyzer allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly other exploitation.

Affected products

• Bro: 2.5.2

References

• https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1856
• https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/6c0f101a62489b1c5927b4ed63b0e1d37db40282
• https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1856
• https://github.com/bro/bro/commit/6c0f101a62489b1c5927b4ed63b0e1d37db40282

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